Xiaomi's MiMo v2.6 tops open-model index, RL run cost ~$3.5M and was livestreamed
Prompt Engineering · youtube · 2026-09-22
Xiaomi released MiMo v2.6, now the top open model on the Artificial Analysis index, and livestreamed the entire RL run behind it, which cost roughly $3.5 million.
Key points from the hands-on review:
- The Pro model was tested in a DeepSeek harness on agentic tasks with verification loops: a self-researched landing page, a live ISS tracker, Blender assets, and Three.js scenes
- The video breaks down the VRAM actually needed to run Pro and Flash locally, arguing "open" doesn't mean "runnable at home"
- A Qwen-9B-distilled variant (MiMo-V2.6-Distill-Qwen-9B) is on Hugging Face
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